Ashley Fox, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament and MEP for the South West of England & Gibraltar, has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to back Britain’s beer and pub sector by cutting beer duty for the third time in the Budget on 18th March.

I recently visited the Superfast Cornwall programme in Camborne, Cornwall to find out the fibre broadband rollout in Cornwall. At the heart of our discussion was progress that the project had made since its inception in 2010 and the economic benefit to Cornwall.

In recent days I have been contacted by thousands of constituents regarding the EU/USA Trade Deal, officially known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Unfortunately, various left wing pressure groups have propagated a number of lies that have misled people about TTIP.

Ashley Fox, MEP for the South West of England & Gibraltar, has warmly welcomed the decision by the Commission to finally give the go ahead for the new reactor at Hinkley Point. The proposed development had been the subject of a lengthy investigation by officials within the Competition Commission as to whether the funding package for the new reactor constitutes ‘state aid’ and is therefore illegal under EU law. This investigation has now concluded and the plans have been approved.

The European Commission is once again considering proposals that could threaten the smooth running of British Ports, including those such as Avonmouth and Portbury near Bristol. The Commission’s aim is to introduce competition into the largely State owned and State Subsidised ports on the continent.

I am delighted with the decision to allocate the UK's Commission Candidate, Lord Hill, the portfolio of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union in the next European Commission.

An official report by the EU's Court of Auditors has added huge weight to the campaign headed by South West Conservative MEP Ashley Fox to stop the European Parliament endlessly shuttling between Strasbourg and Brussels.